Facebook ‘Like’ of Campaign Post Gets Judge Disqualified

A Kentucky judge was disqualified from a case involving the state’s governor and his re-election challenger over his “like” of a Facebook post seen as a political endorsement.

Judge Phillip Shepherd was removed from a case between Republican Gov. Matt Bevin and his Democratic opponent, state Attorney General Andy Beshear, for “liking” a post discussing Beshear’s campaign.

The Sept. 27 ruling from Kentucky Supreme Court Chief Justice John Minton Jr. found Shepherd should have disqualified himself because his impartiality “might reasonably be questioned.”

“The body of law addressing judges’ use of social media is still developing nationally. But recent opinions ...